Piastri makes it four F2 poles in a row in Saudi Arabia
Shwartzman had the edge over his teammate up until the final run in qualifying at the all-new Jeddah Corniche 🎃Circuit.
The Russian driver took to the top of the timesheets after the ♍initial runs, less than a ꦉthousandth clear of Theo Pourchaire.
Pourchaire took provisional pole position at the chequered flag, but was quickly beaten by Piastri, whose outstaꦇndingﷺ first sector handed him a 0.3s margin.
Shwartzman was on course for his mai🔯den F2 pole position but a small mistake at the final corner meant he had to settle for second.
Piastri - who was announced as Alpine’s official reserve and test driver for 2022 💎in November after missing out on a full-time drive with Alfa Romeo - will start Sunday’s feature rac✃e from pole; he will line up 10th on the grid for the first reserve sprint race.
It’s a front-row 🌺locജkout for Prema as it looks to secure another teams’ title.
Behind the P🔴rema duo was Pourchaire, while Christian Lundgaard made it two ARTs in the top four in qualifying.
Felipe Drugovich qualified fifth ahead oꦚf title contender Guanyu Zhou - who will drive for Alfa Romeo in F1 next year.
Zhou now trails Piastri by 40 🐬points in the title race going into the final rounds of the𒈔 campaign.
Completing the top 10💎 was: Ralph Boschung, Juri Vips, Marcus Armstrong and Liam Lawson.
On hi🦄s debut in F2, Clément Noval🔯ak was a respectable 12th for MP Motorsport.
Dan Ticktum’s qua🏅lifying was ruined by a puncture oꦏn his final run, leaving him 13th.
2021 F3 runner-up Jack Doohan qualified 16th, while🍷 Olli Caldwell was 19th in th🍎e Campos.
Logan Sargeant is the fi🐽nal F3 graduate as he qualified 21st, recovering from a shunt in practice.
Click here for the full F🔜ormula 2 qualifying results from Jeddah
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